Evaluation of chromogenic media for the isolation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from stool samples.

abstract：AIMS:To isolate, characterize and identify lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in the vineyards where koshu grapes, a primary wine grape cultivar in Japan, are grown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sixty samples, including leaves, undamaged grape berries and soil under damaged berries, were collected at four koshu vineyards in Yamanashi ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yanagida F,Srionnual S,Chen YS

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Aeromonas hydrophila is recognized as a human pathogen following wound exposure or ingestion of contaminated water and food. For rapid identification of this bacterium, a TaqMan-based real-time PCR assay has been developed. METHODS AND RESULTS:Primers and probes that target specific sequences of the 16S rRNA gene...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Trakhna F,Harf-Monteil C,Abdelnour A,Maaroufi A,Gadonna-Widehem P

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of Planococcus ficus infection in red wine grapes on Aspergillus section Nigri and ochratoxin A (OTA) contamination. METHODS AND RESULTS:During 2006/2007 and 2008/2009 vintages, Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon varieties divided into two categories of grape samp...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Chiotta ML,Ponsone ML,Torres AM,Combina M,Chulze SN

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of pure cultures of Clostridium perfringens (ATCC 12922) and Cl. sporogenes (PA 3679) in five non-selective media, fluid thioglycollate medium (FTM), rapid perfringens medium (RPM), Columbia broth Malthus (CBM), reinforced clostridial medium (RCM) and lactose sulphite (LS), was monitored using conductance m...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Dromigny E,Bourrion F,Rugraf Y,Bolton FJ,Leden N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study was aimed to evaluate the Mycobacterium leprae recombinant early secreted antigenic target-6 (rESAT-6) for its serological performance in leprosy patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:Employing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), serum samples were tested for prevalence of immunoglobulin G antibodies aga...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Parkash O,Pandey R,Kumar A,Kumar A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of various types of virus-like particles (VLPs) has accelerated over the past two decades as the importance of VLPs for generating next-generation vaccines has been appreciated. Yeast has advantages such as scalable fermentation, low risk of contamination by adventitious agents, low production costs an...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kim HJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a specific, fast and simple molecular method useful to detect the entomopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas entomophila. METHODS AND RESULTS:The use of bioinformatics tools allowed the identification of unique genes present in P. entomophila genome. Using such genes, we designed primers aiming to detect s...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Papagiannoulis A,Mathiopoulos KD,Mossialos D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Clostridium perfringens is recommended as a suitable indicator bacterium for human enteric viruses, Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in finished water and in the assessment and evaluation of water treatment. Several agars and confirmation procedures were evaluated in parallel with the Australian/New Zeala...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Wohlsen T,Bayliss J,Gray B,Bates J,Katouli M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A simplified and rapid method was developed to identify and enumerate total mesophilic microbial load, gram-negative bacteria, coliforms, and Escherichia coli in ground beef, using a single module. METHODS AND RESULTS:A 96-well microtiter plate was divided into four sections of two lanes (24 wells), with each sec...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kang DH,Rhee MS,Costello M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) is proving to be a useful technique in studying the epidemiology of micro-organisms. The technique can be troublesome and time consuming to establish due to the essentially empirical approach to optimization. By standardization of certain parameters and use of a commercia...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hilton AC,Banks JG,Penn CW

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To screen for the existence and determine the structure of Tn916-like element in Streptococcus parauberis serotype II strains isolated from cultured Japanese flounder in western Japan. METHODS AND RESULTS:In this study, the structure of Tn916-like element and the flanking regions were characterized by polymerase ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Meng F,Kanai K,Yoshikoshi K

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The goal of the study was to develop a reliable, reproducible and rapid method of culture in order to screen a large number of fungal transformants. METHODS AND RESULTS:The method is based upon miniaturized cell cultures and automated expression screening in microwell plates. For the method development, 50 recomb...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Alberto F,Navarro D,de Vries RP,Asther M,Record E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study was carried out to evaluate the use of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) as a method for the identification of lactobacilli isolated from meat products. METHODS AND RESULTS:RAPD-PCR with primers M13 and D8635 was applied to the identification and intraspecific diffe...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Andrighetto C,Zampese L,Lombardi A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of foodborne viruses in bivalve molluscs is a challenging procedure in relation to low virus concentration and to the presence of significant RT-PCR inhibitors. The aim of this study was the development of an efficient direct extraction method for foodborne viral RNA from bivalve molluscs. Using Mengovir...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Quang Le H,Suffredini E,Tien Pham D,Kim To A,De Medici D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine whether nonspore-forming biothreat agents can survive and persist in potable water that does not contain a disinfectant. METHODS AND RESULTS: Autoclaved, de-chlorinated Atlanta municipal water was inoculated with eight isolates of bacterial biothreat agents (10⁶ CFU ml⁻¹). The inoculated water sample...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Gilbert SE,Rose LJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS: To develop a specific and highly sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique for the rapid detection of canine parvovirus (CPV) DNA directly in suspected faecal samples of dogs by employing a simple method of template preparation. METHODS AND RESULTS: LAMP reaction was developed by designin...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Mukhopadhyay HK,Amsaveni S,Matta SL,Antony PX,Thanislass J,Pillai RM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the composition of the colonic microbiota is important for our understanding of how the balance of these microbes is influenced by diet and the environment, and which bacterial groups are important in maintaining gut health or promoting disease. Molecular methodologies have advanced our understanding of t...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Duncan SH,Louis P,Flint HJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study aim was to determine the presence of total and faecal coliforms on kitchen surfaces, in tap water and on the hands of caregivers in households on both sides of the US-Mexico border. METHODS AND RESULTS:Samples were collected in 135 randomly selected households in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texa...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Carrasco L,Mena KD,Mota LC,Ortiz M,Behravesh CB,Gibbs SG,Bristol JR,Mayberry L,Cardenas VM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RAPD technique (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA) was used for epidemiological subtyping of Bacillus licheniformis and other Bacillus spp. Within 46 isolates of B. licheniformis, up to 10 strain types could be determined when two 10-mer primers were used. RAPD patterns, which were found in eight further strains of B...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Stephan R,Schraft H,Untermann F

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five phage types have been identified in 38 strains of Salmonella enteritidis isolated in Turkey in the 20-month period June 1992-January 1994. Strains belonging to phage type 4 predominated. Within phage type 4, plasmid profile typing has proved a useful method of strain discrimination and has confirmed the identity ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Erdem B,Threlfall EJ,Schofield SL,Ward LR,Rowe B

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate fusion expression between Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein and a foreign protein, the expression of a fusion protein comprised of Cry1Ac, and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in B. thuringiensis Cry(-)B strain was examined. METHODS AND RESULTS:The N-terminal fusion expression of EGFP...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Roh JY,Li MS,Chang JH,Choi JY,Shim HJ,Shin SC,Boo KS,Je YH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is a dsDNA virus causing White Spot Syndrome Disease (WSSD) in shrimp with almost 100% morality rate within 3-10 days. In Bangladesh, WSSD is one of the major impediments of shrimp farming. This study first investigated the prevalence and distribution of WSSV in cultured shrimps of the...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hossain A,Nandi SP,Siddique MA,Sanyal SK,Sultana M,Hossain MA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR primers were selected from the flagellin gene sequences flaA and flaB of Campylobacter coli to amplify DNA from Camp. jejuni and Camp. coli. When the PCR products were analysed by hybridization to an internal probe immobilized in microtitre wells, positive reactions were observed only for strains of Camp. jejuni a...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rasmussen HN,Olsen JE,Jørgensen K,Rasmussen OF

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinomyces viscosus strain GA produces an exocellular biological retardant(s) that prevents certain vegetable plants from becoming overgrown. The biological retardant(s) was assayed using the etiolated wheat coleoptile assay, and fractionation of culture supernatant fluid resulted in a partial purification of the ret...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Bryant FO,Cutler HG

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yield of purified recombinant alpha-sarcin increases approximately three- to fourfold when this toxin is co-expressed in Escherichia coli with thioredoxin. This increased production is attributed to the existence, in the presence of thioredoxin, of a reducing environment which allows rearrangement of incorrect dis...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： García-Ortega L,Lacadena J,Lacadena V,Masip M,De Antonio C,Martínez-Ruiz A,Martínez Del Pozo A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lead-resistant bacteria isolated from soil contaminated with car battery waste were identified as Providencia alcalifaciens based on biochemical characteristics, FAME profile and 16S rRNA sequencing and designated as strain 2EA. It resists lead nitrate up to 0·0014 mol l(-1) by precipitating soluble lead as insolubl...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Naik MM,Khanolkar D,Dubey SK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:From a survey of submerged culture of edible mushrooms, a high pigment-producing fungus Paecilomyces sinclairii was selected and its optimal culture conditions investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS:The optimal culture conditions for pigment production were as follows: inoculum age, 3 d; temperature, 25 degrees C; ini...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Cho YJ,Park JP,Hwang HJ,Kim SW,Choi JW,Yun JW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative and qualitative changes in organic matter content of wastewater effluents attributable to chlorination and ozonation have been analysed using bioassays as well as organic carbon direct measures. Bioassays were carried out using the bacterial populations of wastewater and two Escherichia coli strains as te...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Arana I,Santorum P,Muela A,Barcina I

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The use of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR fingerprinting and plasmid profiles to determine at the strain level, the similarity of Lactococcus lactis isolates obtained during sampling of traditional cheeses and to verify its correspondence to the selected phenotypic characteristics. METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： de la Plaza M,Rodríguez A,Fernández de Palencia P,Martínez-Cuesta MC,Peláez C,Requena T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this work was to optimize the production of a novel antimaralial menisporopsin A by the seed fungus Menisporopsis theobromae BCC 4162. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fungal cultures were grown in shake flasks at 25 degrees C in the basal medium with varying carbon and nitrogen sources, aeration rates and initial ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Madla S,Kittakoop P,Wongsa P

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00